Bibliograph

Searching for Charlotte, the fascinating story of Australia's first children's author, Kate Forsyth & Belinda Murrell

Type

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Searching for Charlotte, the fascinating story of Australia's first children's author, Kate Forsyth & Belinda Murrell

Language

eng

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

platesillustrationsportraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Searching for Charlotte

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Kate Forsyth & Belinda Murrell

Sub title

the fascinating story of Australia's first children's author

Summary

In Searching for Charlotte, Forsyth and Murrell tell Charlotte's story along with that of their own journey to discover her. In an intriguing account, the sisters join the reader in reacting to Charlotte's actions: wondering what could have motivated certain choices; admiring the strength of spirit that pushed Charlotte through turmoil in the Australian colonies; and reviling attitudes that were common to the mid-1800s but are abhorrent in the twentieth century. The extraordinary, long-buried life story of Australia's earliest published children's author, Searching for Charlotte combines elements of biography, recreation of history and rediscovery of family history. It is a sometimes confronting but ultimately heartwarming journey into the story of a family with writing in its blood

Target audience

adult

Classification